Earth Chapter 8 Section 3

The ability to do work or cause change is ______.

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Energy that is stored for later use is called ____ energy.

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Kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to it motion.

• true

• false

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______ can wash into a river due to runoff, fall into a river due to mass movement, erode from the bottom or sides of the river, or be dropped into the river by the wind.

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The wearing away of rock by a grinding action is called ______.

Sediment in a river abrades the streambed and is abraded by, the streambed in return.

• true

• false

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The amount of sediment that a river carries is its _____.

Which are true about a river's sediment?

• Gravity and the force of the water cause sediment to move downstream.

• Most small sediments move by rolling and sliding along the bottom.

• Some sediments are dissolved by the water and carried in solution.

• Most large sediments move by bouncing.

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A river's power to erode depends on ......

• slope

• abrasion

• volume of flow

• energy

• shape of streambed

When a river slows down and deposits its sediment load, smaller particles of sediment are deposited first.

• true

• false